On Wednesday, the "Louie" star took to Twitter -- a platform where he recently voiced criticism of the Common Core curriculum -- to plead with editors of the gossip website to remove footage depicting the chaotic aftermath of the six-car pile-up. In the video, apparently shot in the moments before paramedics arrived, an unconscious man thought to be Fuqua is seen being removed from the wreckage as shocked bystanders crowd the scene.

As of Thursday morning, the video remained posted on TMZ, and Levin had said nothing about the criticism via his Twitter account. Since it was launched in 2005, TMZ has made a name for itself in part with its aggressive coverage of ghoulish celebrity news, breaking the deaths of Michael Jackson and Brittany Murphy, among others.

On Wednesday, Kevin Roper, the Walmart truck driver who was reportedly awake for 24 hours before crashing his tractor trailer into Morgan's limo early Saturday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike, pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault by auto.